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Introduction
The Harvard local field 977 is defined for use when an item is bound, housed, or shelved with one or more other items, such that retrieval depends on the consultation of a different holdings record or barcode. This best practice is intended to bring together instructions for use of this field in each of these areas. Please note that complete field information on 977 may be found here: Harvard Defined MARC Fields and a comparison of some uses of 977 fields may be found here: Function of 977 field in holdings.
CAUTION: Due to the "title level request" functionality in HOLLIS, patrons may experience difficulty in requesting a work that is bound or housed with other works if there is more than one copy of the "host" work attached to the bibliographic record. MSWG does not currently have a solution for this. Libraries that use Aeon will not have this problem.
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PLEASE NOTE: A new location code for subsequent component holdings was created in 2021 and is being used by numerous units. When a holding has this new code (BOUND), a user must refer to the parent/sibling record to determine the actual location. Use of this location code is not required for bound/analyzed titles for all libraries. Units may continue to use and update existing location codes to reflect real physical locations, but they will be required to do the maintenance for all subsequent component records. Whether a unit uses the new code or not, it is highly recommended that each unit establish a consistent policy regarding usage of the code, and attempt to have a uniform practice for their bound-with / analyzed titles.
Please see Alma Location Codes: Usage Information for further details.
Example 1
Amadeo Vives' Don Lucas del Cigarral (990097381880203941), bound with the composer's El talisman prodigioso and El principe, and with Arrieta's El potosi submariino and G. Gimenez' La torre del oro.
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Location of cumulative index:
Cahiers de géographie géographie du QuébecQuébec. (MMIS ID 990001105860203941)
Indexed title:
Cahiers de géographie de Québec Cahiers de géographie de Québec (MMS ID 990001105860203941)
977__ $$t Cahiers de géographie géographie du Québec Québec $$g index to 18./25.année année (1974/1981) $$f 99153819981103941
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